Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-09-17
UPON THE SITUATION In WEST
VIRGINIA.

UPON THE SITUATION In WEST
VIRGINIA.
"Daniel?u
ayes, your Excellency."
aDaniel, what state is Mr.. Kenna
fromfu
West Virginia, SIRE"
!" West Virginiai Let's see, that
is Democratic State, isn't it Dan.
iel7n
!. Yes, your Excellency, it is sup
posed to be.n
"Does West Virginia have any
other Senators besides Mr.. Kenna,
Daniel?"
eyes. sire. 1t has two Others"
"Why that makes three, Daniel !!
Is West Virginia entitled to that
many Senators, Danielf thought
it only had one."
at is only entitled to two, sire,
but West Virginia is growing
State and they are q sort of ego as
you please set anyhow
"Why, Daniel, I didn't know they
could do that. New York hasn't so
many Senators, has it Danielf"
"No, sire. New York has but
two, but West Virginia is far
greater State than New York, and
ought to have six Senators"
II didn't know State could have
six Senators, Daniel. How are Sem
ators appointed, Danielf Don't l
appoint them like | do postmasters7"
"No, sire. They are presumed to
be elected by the Legislature, though
I believe one of the three from West
Virginia was appointed by the
governor = . x ss
.Why, how does that come, Dan.
lielf Has a Governor got more
power than ! have?"
ssNo, your Excellency. You are
all powerful, but you don't appoint
Senators"
+" Why Daniel, l don't like that. I
thought l could do everything.
I This is great disappointment to me.
But Daniel, my friend Mr.. Kenna is
still Senator, isn't he 7"
"Yes, sire, for the time being"
"Danlel, that doesn't sound
pleasant to me. Itsounds as though
| my friends days are numbered, as
| it were."
"That is exactly it, your Excellen-
Icy. You see, sire, Kenna stood in
with Camden, and the Lucas Wilson
combination is against him. They
4 will probably do him up at the
next Senatorial election.D
i "Lucas Wilson7 Who is Lucas
Wilson, Daniel
ale is bad citizen, from Bitter
Creek, sire. He is the stiffest kick
err in the business. He is the great
anti-monopoly Giasticutis. He is
anti.railroad, anti,riches, anti-tariff,
anti emigration, anti-everything, an
ti-anything. In fact sire, there is
nothing that has ever yet been dis.
covered or ever will be discovered
that he isn't against. He was against
Camden and the Standard Oil Com
pany and he did 'em up too, sire"
SIS it possible, Daniel! Well
really / must write to Mr.. Lucas
, Wilson and offer him postoffice or
} something, and get him solid for me
in 1888. 1t is strange he never
called upon me, Daniel. He is a
Democrat, isn't he 2"
Well a-h yes, you might
say he is Democrat, sire. Though
tho way they have things mixed up
out there in West Virginia, it is
hard to tell who are Democrats and
who are not"
"Mr. Kenna is a Democrat, isn't
he Daniel?n
"Well yes, you might call him a
Democrat. He claims to be Dem.
ocrat and he was in favor of the leg
islative caucus because his friend
Mr.. Camden had a majority in the
caucus, and the majority claimed to
be Democrats. Yes, we might say
that Kenna is a Democrat, sire. But
the kickers also claim to be Demo
Gratis, and they hung on and fought
Just like Democrats, and acted the
fool jusl like Democrats, and defeat
ed Camden just like Democrats, and
propose to defeat Kenna just like
Democrats, and will bust up the
Democratic party in West Virginia,
just like Democrats. Yes, sire, I
guess they are all entitled to be
called Democrats" aaa
Who are the other Senators from
West Virginia, Daniel" ss-f
II Daniel j. Faulkner and Charles
Lucas, your Excellency." ~
. els this Charles Lucas, related in
any way to Mr.. Lucas Wilson whom
, you mentioned few minutes sincef,
Il think he is, sire. At any rate
they stand together on Senatorial
appointments and such things just
/ like twin brothers." ol
"They are all Democrats amt they
. Daniel, these Senators 1 meant"
eyes, alleged Democrats, sire.n
"What do you mean by alleged
Democrats Daniel!n a@
ooh, West Virginia Democrats
sire. These kind that fight harder
. against each other than they do the
Republicans. You will understand,
your Excellency, that these West
Virginia Democrats are divided like
the New York Republicans, There
are two kinds, Straightouts and Mug
wumps. The SIraightouts are the
kind that will swallow anything and
the Mugwumps are the kind thar
swallow nothing. The Straightouts
were willing to swallow Camden
and the Mugwumps didn't want any
body. Thus it TRANSFERRED that Lu
cas- and Windy defeated Camden
and then Camden turned around and
defeated Lucas"
1Whn IS this tWindY' Won sneak